Sales have weakened Arsenal

Watching Spurs playing Arsenal last Sunday and I got my prediction just right as Arsenal went down 1-2 to the much spirited Spurs in front of their stadium-packed fans at White Hart Lane. After the defeat, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has thrown in the towel, conceding that the title is all over, and saying that the team is fighting for a better position instead. It sounds more realistic judging from the current position of the team which is far below the newcomers like Swansea and QPR. Arsene Wenger could still pull all the resources available to him to add in a few more quality players in order to have any chance of fighting for the Champions League positions.

However, if they continue playing with schoolboy errors at the defence, conceded 16 goals in just 7 games, then needless to say, Champions League position is also out of reach. Arsenal are too frail in the defense this season and the confidence level of the current bunch of young players is no way near the time when Fabregas was the captain. And I must say that their current captain Robin Van Persi is still fighting as hard as before but without the talented Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, Robin is not getting the support he needed, and it is simply frustrating to see that happen on such a talented player. It will be a disaster if Arsene fails to keep Robin in his squad.

The sales of Fabregas and Nasri have weakened Arsenal, there is no doubt about it. They need to dig it really deep to get more world class players or else, Arsenal, once the sure top 4 team, once hailed by many for their youth policy, will be gone forever.